Twenty-four inches of individually tied turquoise beads, each about 8 mm diameter make up this ethnic-looking necklace.  This looks as if were made by Native Americans in Arizona, and could have been fashioned hundreds of years ago.

Perhaps the oldest stone in man’s history, the ancients used turquoise as a stone of protection.   The smoothness of the stones makes it soothing to the touch.  The color and smoothness of these beads makes it seem as if they were dropped like rain from an azure heaven and slipped to the earth.